The Berlin-Liga was formed in 1992 as the Verbandsliga Berlin from sixteen clubs in
West and
East Berlin. It was the first time since 1950, when the East Berlin sides left the
Oberliga Berlin to play in the
East German football league system, that clubs from both halves of the city played in the same Berlin-wide league. It replaced the
Landesliga Berlin as the fourth tier of the German league system in Berlin; the Landesliga had in the previous season been expanded to two divisions to integrate the clubs from East Berlin. In the 1992–93 season, the league winner was promoted to the
NOFV-Oberliga Mitte; since then the winner of the league each year has been promoted to the
NOFV-Oberliga Nord, together with the winners of the
Brandenburg-Liga and the
Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, while the relegated teams go to the Landesliga Berlin Staffel 1 and Landesliga Berlin Staffel 2. == Founding members of the league==